FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News Media Contact:
August 24, 1999 David Fiske (202) 418-0513
FLORIDA CRIMINAL CONVICTION IN UNLICENSED RADIO CASE
UPHELD BY U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
Attached is an August 19, 1999, press release of the United States Attorney for the
Middle District of Florida announcing that United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh
Circuit has upheld the February 1998 criminal conviction in Tampa, Florida, of Arthur Kobres on
14 counts of engaging in unlicensed radio broadcasting.
Attached also is the Opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals in this case.
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